The last Companion Alive
The last of the companions to die is Abu at Tufayl, ‘Aamir ibn Waathilah al Laythee. He died in the year 106 H. Muslim stated this in his Saheeh and al Hakim narrated it in ‘Al Mustadrak’ on the authority of Khaleefah ibn Khayaat.
Khaleefah stated in other than al Haakim’s narration that he lived passed the year 100 H. and Mus’ab ibn ‘Abdullaah az Zubayree said that he died in the year 102 H. Ibn Hibbaan, ibn Qaani’, and Abu Zakariyyah ibn Mandah stated that he died in the year 107 H.
Wahb ibn Jareer ibn Haazim narrated on the authority of his father that he said; “I was in Makkah in the year 110 H. and I saw a Janaazah I asked about it and they told me it was Abu Tufayl.”
The last of the companions before him to die was Anas [ibn Maalik]. As for him [Abu at Tufayl] being the last of the companions to die, then this was affirmed by Muslim, Mus’ab az Zubayree, Ibn Mandah, al Mizzee and others. In Saheeh Muslim on the authority of Abu at Tufayl who said:
“I saw the Messenger of Allaah - صلى الله عليه وسلم - and there is no one left on the face of the earth who saw him other than me.”
